#491: "cabal configure" does not install dependencies ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: SamB | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: wontfix Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: Replying to [comment:2 SamB]:
Oh, I didn't know about {{{cabal install --only-deps}}}.
Sorry, it wasn't clear it's just a proposal. Still it's not that hard, patches accepted :-).
Still, if I didn't want automagic, wouldn't I have just run {{{Setup}}}?
We don't expect anyone to have to run Setup directly.
(I suppose I'd be equally happy if messages complaining about missing deps suggested using {{{--only-deps}}}, though. But is that any easier?)
Ok. It's no easier but the question is what the right behavior should be. if you want a one-shot command, that's install. If you want to configure without building or installing then you probably also want control over dependencies and so installing a whole collection of deps automatically is probably not what one expects. Well clearly you did expect it, but my impression is that generally people would not. I've added a note to ticket #411. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/491#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects